>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and with matt o'donnell, tamala >> ♪ >> good morning, it's 5 o'clock, it is wednesday, november 19th and here's what's happening. >> polar plunge. we're waking up to near record lows across the region. >> buried in buffalo. places notorious for pummeling wintry weather is seeing the heaviest snowfall in decades. >> nearly 8 million cars are under recall because of a potentially explosive air bag and that list will likely grow. >> great day to do the news inside as we always do david and karen. >> as of 6 o'clock this morning one of us will be outside i'll remind you, but, yeah, it's a great day to be indoors. satellite and radar shows you we'll see plenty of sunshine once again. a lot of lake effect snow in buffalo the last couple days but it looks like it's going to start to wind down today.

we are still on the cold side, though. there is still some wind involved and while your temperatures are a little bit colder than they were yesterday, down to 23 in philadelphia, 22 in wilmington, 21 in trenton, allentown's actually down to 18 and we are challenging some records around the region this morning. allentown may be one of the spots that does hit a record low. and winds not as strong as yesterday but still enough to give you a wind chill making it feel like it's 14 degrees. so, like yesterday, we're starting out cold and it's still a bit on the windy side so you want to bundle up also a you head outside. pretty much similar to yesterday. and as we take a look at the starting the car weather, six to eight clock, only 22 degrees, mainly clear but obviously very cold this morning. as we roll through the day, a similar day as to yesterday. we're still going to see a high of about 33 at 2 o'clock but the lows this evening and overnight are not going to be as bad and overall the winds aren't as bad today. so, karen, still a day where you got to treat the cold, take it seriously but maybe a hair less harsh than yesterday. >> all right, dave. we've got this problem from

yesterday that's still affecting your morning commute. a multi-tractor-trailer fire. it was a fatal accident and it's still affecting the new jersey turnpike as you head northbound up near mercer county between exit six and exit 8a. it's blocking the outer roadway, the section meant for the trucks and the inerode way is opened, that's where more of the cars go but now you've got all of that traffic just in the inerode way. expect some delays if you're taking it later. you can use route 130 or route nine instead. also this downed pole still out here 130 southbound approaching i-195. expect restrictions there. a new problem here in limerick township, it's cold, sometimes the cars don't want to work. you have a disabled vehicle on benner road at louis road so watch for that. outside on the schuylkill approaching spring garden eastbound traffic headed towards center city, no delays just yet coming from conshohocken or gladwyne. looking good right now, matt. >> thanks karen. we are flirting with record lows on this wednesday morning and this taste of deep winter is coming way too soon for most of us, i know some people somehow like it. "action news" reporter

katherine scott bundled up for us is that live with commuters in the city's frankford section. katherine. >> reporter: well, matt a lot of people saying like you said this is come very early this year and the worry for them is if it feels like this in november, what's it going to feel like in a couple months. here at the frankford transportation center this morning, not a lot of people lingering outside. only those waiting for the bus. the rest of them are scurrying inside to try to get out of these temperatures. the wind gusts aren't as strong as yesterday but we're still near record lows for this time of year, so that cold shot of air you get when you walk out the door seems especially chilling this morning. some we spoke to say they were prepared for it. they went in their closet, dugout their layers. they layered them on but others did not. >> i have on two pair of pants, three shirts and this. >> reporter: are they all working? >> yes. everything is working except my face is cold. >> i'm freezing. >> reporter: what do you wish you had on. >> a lot more than i do now.

[laughter] >> reporter: poor girl. she said she was hoping to scrounge up a coat along the way. and you can see back here live at the frankford transportation center people who are zipped up but tend to up, hoods and hats are on. today is certainly not a day to skimp on those layers. we're live in frankford, katherine scott, channel6 "action news." >> katherine thank you for that. the polar cold is making for even bigger problems for people in upstate new york. a massive snowfall covered towns near buffalo and more than 4 feet of the white stuff is being blamed for at least four deaths. our erin o'hearn is live at the big board. erin you grew up in this region. people up there are used to snow but this is something different. >> not this kind of snow, tam. this is pretty incredible especially considering it's november. it is november, right? okay. so, look at these pictures 'cause they really say it all. i guess this as you could say this is old man winter knocking at the door. look at that snow. it just pushed right through there, knocked through that door, one of the doors

collapsed there and if you take a look at this thruway, this is likely the new york state thruway people are still stuck. you're looking at probably they got up to 8 feet of snow and more is on the way. one more shot here. as you can see, the amount of snow, here's the bridge, you can see someone tried to get through there. hopefully some emergency vehicle is paving the way for cars that, again, were stuck foreclose to 24 hours. about 8 feet of snow in some areas and it has been accompanied by high winds. take a look at this time lapse video. this is -- you can watch the snow actually coming n it looks sort of eerie there over the buildings and the new york national guard was deployed to help out buffalo dig out. officials say that 150 vehicles, many still filled with freezing drivers and passengers were immobilized on snow packed highways. as i said some for more than 24 hours. now, talk about adding insult to injury, the niagara university purple eagles women's basketball team was heading home from pittsburgh after a loss and their bus got

stuck through the night. take a listen. >> there's nowhere to go. there's nowhere to even walk to that's close enough that would be remotely safe to get to. >> all right. now, possibly more than 90-inches in some areas after another round of wintry weather hits at the end of the week and that's equivalent to a year's worth of snow may pound some areas. over just a three-day period so be thankful we're just dealing with the cold here. tam, back to you. >> absolutely. thank you, erin. along with flames, firefighters battled freezing temperatures while confronting a house fire in north wildwood. the action cam was at the scene a little after 9:00 last night in the 200 block of west 17th avenue. crews quickly brought that blaze under control at the two story single home. there's no word yet on injuries. the fire marshal is looking for the cause. and a devastating fire ripped through the historic columbus farmer's market in burlington county late yesterday afternoon. the four alarm blaze left behind a charred shell where

the main building once stood here along route 206. the farmers market was not opened at the time. merchants are wondering what the future holds for them now. >> from what the fire companies have told us, that the building we're located in is just entirely gone. you know, so, everything we have is gone. >> the fire marshal in the springfield township police department are investigating the cause of the fire. merchants are hoping the outdoor flea market could partially reopen for the busy holiday season. >> david, winter is still more than a month away. >> yeah, isn't that something? but it certainly feels like it. we were talking about that lake effect snow, erin had that. >> sure. >> this is the typical time of year where if you get a cold snap you're going get that heavy snow because the water isn't anywhere near frozen yet, it's very mild and as that westerly wind comes all the way down the length of that, it just picks up all the moisture and then hits that cold air, condenses and, boom, so no surprise given the cold snap we've got this time of year that they're getting that

snow up there in buffalo. fortunately we are too far away from the great lakes usually to get much effect from that at all. as we take a look at storm tracker, there's no precipitation out there. another look outside and we have the promise of sunshine later coming up on the shore. there's atlantic city looking south along the coast but it is going to be another one of those days where it is very cold. highlights to your forecast. well, we're still in the 30's today. tomorrow, thursday, we will creep back up into the 40's but then another cold shot arrives on friday so we're not quite done with this pattern yet. temperatures right now are colder than they were yesterday morning. we're at 23 degrees in philadelphia, just 18 in allentown, 21 in trenton, 22 in wilmington. starting to get close to record territory in some of these cases, especially up in allentown where you're in the teens. then as we take a look at the wind chills, the winds aren't technically as strong as yesterday because the temperature is cooler, we're still getting pretty raw wind chills. feels like it's 14 degrees in philadelphia right now. single digit wind chills in allentown and reading currently and 12 in wilmington. down the shore a little bit

better but still another raw morning and you want to dress just the way you did yesterday with all that extra gear. satellite shows you that you will need your sunglasses later on i-95 and out the pennsylvania turnpike. very little cloud cover out to the west. so, i suppose that's good. but like yesterday, it's not going to help all that much. up in allentown, lots of sun but still cold with a high of 30 and wind chills in the teens for most of the day up in allentown. down the shore, like yesterday, a little milder, 36 but still pretty chilly and still a bit on the breezy side. mainly sunny skies at the shore. and in philadelphia, mostly sunny skies with some high clouds, 33 degrees, not as windy as yesterday but still pretty uncomfortable. and there's how those numbers are going to go. we'll be in the 20's in the morning and probably back below freezing by about 5 o'clock this afternoon. tomorrow, well, we've got temperatures in the morning in the 30's instead of the 20's so it will feel a little bit better tomorrow morning and in the afternoon we are going to get back into the 40's. it's not going to last all that long but we get a little break. your seven-day forecast, still

very cold today, a high of 33. tomorrow not as harsh going up to 43 and then friday, a reinforcing shot of cold air zips us back down to 36. still going to be chilly on saturday, partly sunny and 40. and then turning milder on sunday, looks like we'll get up into the upper 50's, maybe even 60 degrees for a high. it now looks like there could be an afternoon shower here or there and that could come in before the end of the eagles game so we'll keep our eyes on that. monday still looks like kind of a damp day but a high of 66. >> i'll take it. >> love it. >> and so will tam. thank you david. 5:10 now. the government calls for an expanded recall of millions of vehicles to address exploding air bags. details a little later. >> walking out to get between stores at the king of prussia mall will soon be a thing of the past. karen. >> we're in new jersey right now on 42 northbound looking good here but problems elsewhere on 42. i'll have the details coming right up. >> and also when we come back in the morning buzz, a gift that you would either think is really great or you would think it's really silly this holiday season.

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>> ♪ >> 5:15. midweek, wednesday morning. philadelphia international airport on sky 6. it is so cold. you know how i know it's cold out there? >> you went outside. >> karen rogers is wearing a turtleneck again. >> , i actually went through my closet and found several because i'm bracing for the cold winter. [laughter] >> i wore one today and one yesterday as well. suburban traffic report time. you need to bundle up a bit as you head outside.

on our commuter traffic report we found someone talking about an accident on route 42. we have details. it's the northbound side of 42 right at route 41 so expect some slowing. we were look tag live shot near creek road, one of the busier areas. not really affecting traffic right there. it's near 41. watch for that accident this morning. also we have been talking about this three tractor-trailer fire out here, three tractor-trailers caught on fire on the new jersey turnpike. this is yesterday. it was a fatal accident scene and it's such a big mess that it's still affecting traffic for you this morning. what they're doing is blocking the outer roadway, you know that's when it splits and you can go off -- the trucks usually go on the outer roadway and cars go on the inerode way. inerode way is opened but expect a lot of congestion. might want to stick to route 130 or route nine. this disabled vehicle limerick township, benner road at louis road. hope that person is wearing tur at the time neck too. fort washington montgomery county 309 approaching the turnpike looking good on 309 and the turnpike so no issues

there. let's check the temperatures. that's the real weather related issue out there this morning. 18 in allentown. thank goodness we're dry. 23 degrees in philadelphia, 22 in millville as david has been talking about the wind chills just in the single digits in. spots. feels like 14 right now in the city, tam. >> thank you, karen. a bucks county father faces charges for his toddler son's fatal drug overdose. cocoa wallace proclaimed his innocence as he was led off to jail. >> why would i kill my own son? it don't make no sense. >> police in middletown township say two-year-old sebastian consumed six oxycodone pills at wallace's apartment in bristol last month. wallace took him to the er where the little boy died. authorities allege this was no accident and charge wallace with criminal homicide. nfl lawyers will be in federal court in philadelphia. they're expected to offer a $1 billion settlement for retired players with brain trauma. the deal will be reviewed in a fairness hearing today.

the lead counsel for the retired players says the settlement is extraordinary while some players call it a sellout. the nfl expects about 6,000 former players, about one in four, to develop alzheimer's disease or moderate dementia. each of their awards could reach about $3 million but players who die before 2006 are not eligible for payout unless the local statute of limitations permit as claim. >> sixers may go through the first two months of the season without a win. they will try to notch their first victory of the season when they host the celtics tonight. the zero and 10 sixers are the only winless team in the nba. claude giroux sat out because of what the team is calling a lower body injury. the captain is expected to miss at least two games. flyers called up 20-year-old scott lowden from the fans to fill in. >> it's 5:16 and a list of reasons why trans fats are not good for you. >> government safety officials

want to widen that air bag recall adding millions more vehicles to the list. david. >> all right, guys, take a look at the kids as we are dressing them exactly the way we did yesterday with all that extra gear. we have wind chills in the teens again this morning. it does get better gradually over the next 48 hours but today still looks pretty raw and i'll have your day planner forecast and your airport call >> ♪

>> king of prussia showed off its plans for a mall expansion. it will connect the court and expansion. outside anymore. the 155,000 square foot addition would provide enough space for 60 to 70 more stores plus dining options. >> wow. >> a new parking structure will replace the one outside neiman marcus. construction is expected to be finished in the fall of 2016. can you wait is the question? >> that's a big mall. >> it's nice to not have to walk outside but, yeah, that many more stores, it's kind of amazing, right. let's go shopping. let's take you outside right

now, this is the ramp from i-95 northbound to the vine street expressway westbound. 9 o'clock tonight this ramp will close until 5 o'clock tomorrow morning so you've got to use the off-ramp to columbus boulevard or go north to girard and flip around there. west trenton line full regular service restored. they had some downed wires causing problems late yesterday but they've fixed that, dave. >> all right, karen, and on the big board we are cold this morning. we've got temperatures in the low 20's across most of the region. close to record lows in some spots. and by 9 o'clock, 24 degrees, so sunny but still on the cold side. 29 by noon. and this afternoon we're going to still get a high of 33. pretty much just like yesterday in the afternoon. 32 degrees by 3 o'clock. less wind overall than yesterday but cold enough to keep those coats handy and all that extra gear. at the airport we're hoping for all green aircraft on the big board and it does look like that's what we have. that means no major delays and also we don't have any precipitation right now in any of our main travel destinations. tam. >> okay, thank you. going on to health check right now as parents know

sleep is often a delicate if not impossible balance when you have small children. tonight on "action news" at 11:00 we have some answers on making the overnight as little bit more peaceful. here's a preview. >> reporter: i'm alicia vitarelli. as a new parents i know getting your child on a sleeping schedule can be challenging. now i'm learning those issues can extends well into childhood. affecting both the parent and the child. >> there are days i would say i'm not safe to be with her actually because i was so exhausted. >> reporter: the myths of sleep of getting parents into trouble. how do you get your child to sleep through the night? once that's handled how can you reclaim your needed sleep? that's all tonight only on channel6 "action news" at 11:00. >> i'll be watching that one. we know trans fats raise bad cholesterol and clog blood vessels now now new research suggests it may be hurting your memory. researchers at the university of california at san diego looked at a large group of healthy men under the age of 45. they found men who ate more

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warmest jacket you have in the closet. we're not used to this. this is not supposed to happen in late november. it is 23 degrees in philadelphia. record lows flirting with that. so, bundle um. forecast coming up. coalition of companies has announced a new effort to get medical aid to ebola victims in west today. they'll speed up tests and collect blood plasma from survivors. the plasma will be used to treat new victims. plasma from survivors contain antibodies that fight the virus of the the coalition will conduct a study to see how well the plasma and experimental drugs work. join us here at 6abc today for a live telethon benefiting philadbundance. volunteers will be answering the phones and taking donations between four::and 6:30 p.m. >> in the morning buzz we're talking about the holiday season, timework through your list and get stuff for people. what about this one, matt? you only wear one ring. maybe i should get you this.

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>> this morning on "action news," bundling up for the frigid forecast. accuweather is tracking temperatures that are flirting with an all-time low. >> a fiery crash on the new jersey turnpike. the deadly wreck that still has some lanes closed right now. >> stunning claims from pennsylvania's attorney general. kathleen kane reveals what she says was contained in those

graphic e-mails that became says was contained in those >> good morning, 5:30 now on this wednesday november 19th. let's head over to david to talk about the cold and karen, of course has your traffic. good morning. >> well, the temperatures as expected have definitely slipped this morning. satellite shows a lack of any significant cloud cover so we'll see plenty of sun but like yesterday it's really not going make that much difference. temperatures right now, 23 degrees in philadelphia. that's currently just 3 degrees above the record low for this date. that 18 in allentown pretty far off the record low of 11 but up in the poconos 12 degrees right now and that's only two above the record. some of these other places also pretty close to record lows this morning. and even though there's less wind than yesterday with those colder temperatures we're getting some pretty severe wind chills. it feels like it's 14 degrees in philadelphia as you step outside right now and single digit wind chills in allentown, reading, lancaster and up in the poconos, even down the shore it feels pretty raw. as you're headed out it is going to stay cold. looking at temperatures hovering around 22 degrees